DAM Best Practices
Cindy Valladares, DAM subject matter specialist, shares best practices to help you successfully implement digital asset management in your organization. Throughout the session Cindy will share examples from organizations like The World Bank, Yale, The National Gallery of London, and Methodologie.

In this session you’ll:

• Find out why it’s important to involve the main stake holders and how to identify them.
• Learn to assess your current workflow and how it relates to defining your future workflow with DAM.
• Gain an understanding of Metadata, Taxonomy, and Folksonomy to maximize the benefit of using the right methodology for your organization.
• Learn how to determine the Schema and Master Keywords most appropriate for your workflow.
• See recommendations for organizing your assets and the benefits you’ll gain from a centralized location for asset distribution.

Methodologie Case Study
Luis Antezana, IT Manager at Methodologie shares his organization’s digital asset management journey. Luis will show life before DAM, why it became a critical need, what it means to Methodologie today, successes they’ve achieved and plans for the future. You’ll also see how Methodoligie saves time and money for clients like The Coca-Cola Company, Boeing, Potlatch, Microsoft Xbox and Seattle Children's Hospital.

Roundtable Discussions/Regroup
During the roundtable discussion you and your peers will discuss the top forum topics identified through the registration process. You’ll learn insights from others at your table about challenges and successes they’ve experienced as well as share your own. This will be your opportunity to start networking to make connections you can maintain well after the forum. In the regroup section you’ll learn what those at the other tables have identified as the key take-aways for each of the round table topics.

Workflow Session
Given by an Extensis Systems Engineer, the workflow session is an in-depth, step-by-step walk through in setting up your own workflow. You’ll see many of the best practices in action from the DAM Best Practices session.